When I Yoo Hoo

When I Yoo Hoo
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Airdate:	27 June 1936 Blue Ribbon reissue: 24 February 1945
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	2241
Production Number:	MM-8-5
Vitaphone Number:	7360
Copyright Renewed:	30 January 1964
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Billy Bletcher (uncredited) Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Director:	I. Freleng
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Bob McKimson Don Williams Sandy Walker (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Bernard B. Brown (uncredited) Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Norman Spencer

When I Yoo Hoo is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot

In the feuding hillbilly domain of Hickory Holler, a population of 42 Weavers and 41 Mathews (there used to be 42 Mathews, but they lost one), the sheriff prescribes a rooster fight to determine the winner. The roosters get drunk on whiskey, and when both are declared the loser, the feud continues, but this time with the sheriff as the target.

Availability

(1997) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 7, Animal Antics (1995 Turner dubbed version)

Streaming

HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored, with original opening titles, and Blue Ribbon ending)

Max (2023 - ) (restored, with original opening titles, and Blue Ribbon ending)

Notes

• This was the first cartoon to be reissued with the WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC and A WARNER BROS. CARTOON., meaning that the reissues no longer credit Leon Schlesinger, thus replacing the closing titles as well with the given season's Color Rings. It wasn't until the 1949–50 season that Merrie Melodies originally released from 1944 to 1948 kept their original end titles.
• The 1995 Turner "dubbed" ending card is sped up to keep up with the music, at least on the American version.
• While the short's original opening titles and credits were restored, the 2020 restoration retains the Blue Ribbon ending card, as the original ending titles are likely to remain lost.

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